Nice Cir-Q-Lar! That looks like an earlier deck than my clockwork back ones. Do you know a date on it Jase? Great that you found decks from the cooperation of De La Rue and Waddingtons. That must have been a good friendship as the association lasted so long. Hard to imagine that happening now.

I always love seeing those A Todos Alumbra, and the simple and delicate, but solid, design of the boxes. The colours are gorgeous too. Partly age and partly how inks used to be.

Interesting treatment of the European 4 indices on the Sima-Land, and I like the back.

dazzleguts wrote:Nice Cir-Q-Lar! That looks like an earlier deck than my clockwork back ones. Do you know a date on it Jase?

Hi there Dazzelguts i remember you asking about the dates for cir-q-lar decks before, these are from the first printing from the 1930`s which ended at the beginning of WWII due to paper shortages, any cir-q-lar cards with the sit down joker or "All British make" on the ace of spades are from the first printings. Any cir-q-lar cards with the stand up jokers are from the 1950`s onwards ,i`m not sure when they finished printing these ,but they are in the 80`s cataloques,so i presume they kept printing them until the Hasbro takeover in the 90`s.

dazzleguts wrote: Great that you found decks from the cooperation of De La Rue and Waddingtons. That must have been a good friendship as the association lasted so long. Hard to imagine that happening now.

The two men (who were poles apart socially) first met in the early 1930`s when Bernard Westall decided to met both Alf Cooke and Victor Watson about Price Fixing. He met with Alf Cooke first then Victor Watson, In that meeting they agreed that price fixing would eventually destroy the competitive edge of both businesses and make them vunerable to attack from others. Instead they instituted an Annual Cricket match and other sports days so that employees from both companies would get to know one another and compete fairly with each other.As you say i doubt that would happen nowadays.

dazzleguts wrote:I always love seeing those A Todos Alumbra, and the simple and delicate, but solid, design of the boxes. The colours are gorgeous too. Partly age and partly how inks used to be.

Yeah i love`em , The cards came in paper wrappers, which are a little delicate, i`ve only removed the cards twice for fear of the wrappers falling apart.

dazzleguts wrote:More, more!

How`s about these....I got this kickstarter in yesterday. Wood Deck by Max playing cards. The second in his Textile series ,can`t wait to see what Max comes up with next

A Goodall and Sons Bezique deck from c.1863-1870. This is the first Goodalls "Own" Ace of spades design which is based on the "Old Frizzle" Ace of Spades. there are a couple of versions of this Ace ,all identical except the Lettering, this one is the second version which came out in 1863 a year after the first version, all version ran until 1870.

Peace made by Elaine Lewis dated 2003. 32 cards plus 2 jokers and a title card.

Thanks for the Comments Bruno Here`s The 2005 Worshipful Company`s Installation set celebrating the Bicentenary of the Battle Of Trafalgar.The Faces are a reproduction of a Hardy pack from around 1805 which was when James Hardy was Master of the company.

A double advertising deck from Coeur of Germany ,date unknown. The Faces are called "Salon Karte No.66" and were designed by Walter Kraus in 1968.

A new book for the collection.Transformation Playing Cards By Albert Field Published in 1987. 208 Page paperback featuring 77 decks dated from 1801 through to 1987 ,Extensive Black and white illustrations with 8 full colour pages.

Facsimilie of Holz-Karte (Preussisches Bild) printed by Christian Theodor Sutor around 1840-1850.This edition was produced in 1987 by Franz-josef Holler for the Museum fur deutsche Volkskunde, Berlin.

dazzleguts wrote:Beautiful cards, as always Jase! Especially the Holz and Zodiaque decks Amazing Bezique set too - the Willis designs are so fine and nicely balanced. I love the light blue line work.

Thanks Dazzelguts you can see the full court cards from the zodiaque deck in the french section of worldwide there are also scans of the willis court in the Enland section as well, the Holz is a recent purchase so have not had time to scan them yet as i`m working on something "big" for worldwide (as you know )

dazzleguts wrote:Do you have a shelf full of books now?

Yes....if the shelf is 10 inch long Still looking out for Part one of the Waddington collection by John Berry

Here`s a few Carta mundi decks to pass the time.Val de Loire designed by Mateja. Don`t know when carta mundi printed these but they were originally produced in 1968 by Le Triboulet and Malherbe.

A William Lawson`s advertising deck produced in the 1980`s. Love the modified clothing on the court cards.(scans in the scotland section of worldwide)

Quadrilato, a 40 card Belgium pattern pack for the game Scopa. The Ace of Diamonds has the Upprint "Tibgu Tunisiya" (Tobacco Tunesia)

A couple of days late, but here are a few posts to celebrate my 3rd Anniversary of joining UnitedCardists.Starting off with a all Waddingtons post .....Obviously Fassett`s No-revoke Pack, unsure of actual date but the court cards date the deck from 1930-1938. The box and cards are a bit grubby, but i`m really excited to have a copy of this hard to find deck.

A tax wrapped double deck advertising Manchester Liners.

Unique Style Playing Cards. i already have a pack of these without the tuck (Scans and info in the England section of worldwide). Again i am very pleased to find a deck with the tuck.

This post contains all Antique decks Starting with a full 52 card pack from Hunt & Sons, Single figure Standard English woodblock pattern Type 1 with stencilled colouring. George the 3rd "Garter Ace" Plate No.35 which dates the deck to 1812.

And with this post its back to the usual 3 decks & a waddingtons to finish First off is a Karl Gretch "Nursery Rhymes" Transformation deck produced for the 10th Anniversary of the English Playing Card Society.

"Icelandic" designed by Gudmundur Thorstensson .This set published by V.A.S.S of Germany in 1977 is a reprint of a deck originally called "Islensk L`Hombre Spil No.1" that was published by Bjorni P. Magnusson of Reykjavik in 1923.

A couple of Standard decks from Paul Lamont Games of the U.K.

And a double Waddingtons set to finish off today.i just love the dog`s eyes

I've been very intrigued by the many beautiful Russian decks you have posted and wanted to get one for myself. I'd been looking at some on Ebay but they all cost a bit more than I was willing to pay. Last week I was in our local Goodwill second hand shop and I came across a Russian deck opened but in perfect condition! The cost; one dollar. I was beyond excited. There is no English on the box so I have idea where they came from. When I get a chance I'll scan them. I'd like to send the pics to you and see if you can tell me anything about them.

Without your postings, I probably wouldn't have looked twice at them. Thanks for providing so much inspiration. Now I just have to find a Waddingtons deck!

I've been very intrigued by the many beautiful Russian decks you have posted and wanted to get one for myself. I'd been looking at some on Ebay but they all cost a bit more than I was willing to pay. Last week I was in our local Goodwill second hand shop and I came across a Russian deck opened but in perfect condition! The cost; one dollar. I was beyond excited. There is no English on the box so I have idea where they came from. When I get a chance I'll scan them. I'd like to send the pics to you and see if you can tell me anything about them.

Without your postings, I probably wouldn't have looked twice at them. Thanks for providing so much inspiration. Now I just have to find a Waddingtons deck!

Hiya Flashcards So glad my thread has given you some inspiration that`s what its all about.I would love to see the deck you brought and help you if i can...just post it here if you like ,so everyone can have a look, and i`ll try and give as much info i can or if someone else knows about them they can chime in.

mook wrote:Jock,

I am in awe. What a collection! Thanks for sharing (I assume!) SOME of it with us all!

Thanks for the comment`s Mook My collection is mainly in boxes i have no display case`s like your homemade one ,which i am impressed with by the way .

Here`s some more cardsFirst up a Worshipful company installation pack from 1991 celebrating the 500th anniversary of Henry the 8th`s birthday.

That Hunt & Sons Garter Ace deck is fantastic!Over 200 years old I would be over the moon just having an early deck with the Hewson courts. Congratulations on your third anniversary here, and thank you for sharing this great find!

Also impressed you have the EPCS transformation deck.I like the back on your Slavic deck. That's the first design back, rather than pictorial, that I remember seeing with that deck.

Was the "Unique Style" deck sold in England with those courts because of war time shortages?

I'm curious about the Biermans Great Mogul. From the wear on your cards it looks like the paper is rough on the faces? That's the same as my Aurelia decks from some years later (likely by Van Genechten), which were intended for sale in India. Do you know if yours was also an export deck? I thought that the rough paper was only used on the less expensive exports, especially decks sold to be burnt temple offerings in India. Also, does yours have smooth backs? I originally thought it was a thin paper applied to the uncuct sheets, but looking again now, with a loupe, the paper surface seems to have the same quality as the fronts, only smoothed by ink. What does it look like on your deck?

Great decks Jase. I look forward to seeing some of them in the Worldwide, along with a particular Grand entry that is coming

Hiya Dazzelguts I`m very pleased to have the Garter Ace Pack, It`s been on my "to do list" for a while. And the EPCS deck by karl grech was a lucky find, a bit expensive..maybe, but i thought it may be the only time i`d get a chance at buying one as so few were made.Yes that`s the first Slavic deck i`ve seen with a geometic pattern on the back as well, My other Slavic decks have the picture of the Russian Hero on his white horse.The Unique Style deck was sold in england during the war ,As well as my Daily Sketch Pack with the Paris pattern court`s, This was due to a shortage of Paper arriving from Scandinavia.I`ve Compared the cards from the Biermans deck and from the Aurella box set and they are basically the same kind of rough card, although the biermans back is not as smooth as the cards from the aurelia set. The Aurelia Box set seems to have been printed better than the biermans with sharper clearer images and the paint being clear and solid as opossed to the slightly fuzzy outlines and the splotchy colouring of the Biermans. I`m not sure if they were intended for export, but judging by card stock and quality of printing i`d say they were for burning.

Here is the Russian deck I picked up for a dollar. I'm sorry the tuck front is so dark. I tried to lighten up the text as much as possible. I'm hoping that Jase, or anyone else, can give us some information on it. Thanks.

The original deck was issued at a world expo of 1937. Your deck is one of the 150 year anniversary ones, for the St. Petersburg/Leningrad factory, which has itself been reprinted many times in that box style. In the lower right corner of the box front is I-??r. I can't distinguish it in your scan but the 2 numbers are the year your particular deck was printed.

It's a beautiful deck that has been reprinted many many times. Good find getting it in one of the anniversary sets.